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Locomotives take the lead in Shcherbinka show, Beijing plans a suburban network, Scotland debates its high speed vision

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Return of the inter-city trainPreparations are well in hand for the launch of All Aboard Florida, a privately-funded project to operate inter-city passenger services along the east coast of the state between Miami and Orlando

Helping the oil to flowCanadian Pacific has been steadily progressing a programme of upgrading works to improve both capacity and operational fluidity for oil trains. David Lustig investigates

Lakeshore Unlimited: unlocking the potential of GO TransitMetrolinx is embarking on a radical C$13·5bn enhancement of the GO Transit commuter rail network which would create an intensive all-day electric suburban railway for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Optimising traffic flows with a hub-and-spoke modelNorth American railroads are starting to develop hub-and-spoke intermodal networks to serve smaller flows, adopting a distribution model which has become common in the maritime and aviation sectors

Maintaining switches in short windowsVossloh Rail Services is targeting the Class I railroads with a portable grinding machine designed to enable switch maintenance in very short possessions

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Rebuilding business on an inter-regional corridorJörg Ostwald of Swiss Federal Railways’ Passenger Department briefs Murray Hughes on the project to upgrade and relaunch the Zürich – München service

The long haul backA US$3·4bn public-private partnership is intended to revive the 478 km Main Line South between Manila and Legaspi in the Philippines

Going up in styleJapan’s steepest mountain railway has put a pair of new Series 3000 EMUs into service. Akihiro Nakamura reports

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A Scandinavian rendezvousThe region’s railway industry meets for the Nordic Rail trade show in Jönköping on October 6-8

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New Street revitalisedOne of Britain’s busiest hubs, a £750m refurbishment of the main station in Birmingham was opened on September 20

An overload of ideasTwo expert committees have put forward recommendations for the reform of Indian Railways

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China: ST Engineering is supplying a control system for Wuxi metro Line 3. Czech Republic: On-board ticket sales were introduced across the Praha tram fleet on April 26, using Mikro­elektronika onboard vending machines with payments processed by ČSOB subsidiary Banit. Poland: Agat is to supply a train washing ...